Continuous Improvement

As Scrum teams have moved to shorter sprints, have they also lost the extra time to experiment …

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Most agile processes are empty of any advice on forming a company or product strategy. Product …

Early in my career as a programmer, I remember coming across the phrase, “You can’t test quality …

“Large-Scale Scrum” by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde is great for anyone looking to scale Scrum up to …

During a sprint retrospective, team members gather and discuss ways in which they can improve. This …

Scrum, like all of the agile processes, is both iterative and incremental. Since these words are …

It's May, and we're well into spring now. If you're like me, you haven't yet done your annual …

Happy New Year! It's resolution time. A ScrumMaster may want to resolve to praise the team more often.

A common question I get is how can a product owner (or team) be sure they've thought...

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Rather than a conventional review, here is the foreword I was asked to write for this …

Even if you've taken the often stated agile stance of getting rid of periodic performance reviews …

They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure—this adage definitely applies to new …

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The problem of some individuals rambling on and on and on and on ... during the daily scrum has …

It may be time to retire the phrase release planning from the Scrum or agile vocabulary.

Many teams struggle with keeping the daily scrum short. Some teams even exceed the standard …

I've been wondering lately if Scrum is on the verge of getting a new standard meeting--the Backlog …

Scrum Masters need to protect agile teams from more than just overly aggressive product owners. …

An article I read in 1988 has always stuck with me. The article was “Time–The Next Source of …

Left unattended, a product backlog can become large and hard to work with. If your backlog has …

Scrum doesn't solve problems, it uncovers them and puts them in our face.

Ten years from now I hope we’ve stopped calling it agile. I hope we’ve stopped calling it anything …

Agile is most appropriate on any urgent project with significant complexity and novelty--and that …

My usual recommendation is to assign points to bug fixing the agile defects. This really achieves …

A project management office (PMO) that is engaged in and supportive of transitioning to Scrum can …

The most effective type of community of practice within Scrum organizations seems to be one that …

The effort of adopting Scrum is best managed using Scrum itself.

Like sirens singing to us from the rocks, best practices can tempt us to relax and stop the effort …

There can be no end state in a process that calls for continuous improvement.